The Boston Celtics easily took care of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden Sunday afternoon, winning 110-94. The Celts really had control the whole way and their six double-digit scorers were too much for New York to handle.

The Celtics starters were dominant from the opening tip-off. 67% shooting from the floor, including 4/9 from three, propelled Boston to an early 30-15 lead. Isaiah Thomas got into double-figures after 11 minutes and when subbed out, had 10 points and three assists.

After being taken out just seconds into the game for what seemed to be a miscue on an opening play, Jaylen Brown had a nice impact when he reentered. He knocked down a couple of threes and had this dunk off a baseline cut:

The Celtics outrebounded the Knicks 11-3, and New York couldn't get into any sort of rhythm on offense. However, when Isaiah and Al Horford came out of the game, the Knicks finished with a small scoring burst - inlcuding a buzzer-beating Courtney Lee three - to cut their deficit to 11:

The Celtics are on 🔥 at MSG, where they came out of the gates and built a 34-23 lead during the 1Q. The C's shot 67% during the quarter.

Kelly Olynyk and Jae Crowder led the way for Boston in the second quarter. Halfway through the frame, they had combined for as many second-quarter points as the whole Knicks team (9 points). This helped the Celts build their lead up to 18 points. Everyone was getting touches on offense throughout the half, as every Celtic player to enter the game got in the scoring column and contributed to strong ball movement like this:

Brad Stevens called a timeout 30 seconds into the second half after Kristaps Porzingis finished a lob over Horford, who thought that the dunk had missed. Maybe a fire was lit under Al because following the timeout, he was all over the place. He knocked down a corner three, and had these two ferosious slams:

Once there was a 25-point lead late in the third, the rest of the game was all about the Celtics' youth, who continued punishing the Knicks. Terry Rozier, Smart, Brown, and Olynyk were all clicking together and made for some entertaining highlight-reel plays.